A couple of days ago, Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner hosted a round-table on the future of suburbia. As happens too often, James "sackcloth-and-ashes" Kunstler got a seat.
Kunstler doesn't like cities, suburbs, or any other large agglomeration of people so he fantasizes that high gas prices will extinguish them. He's a jumble of apocalyptic prophecies, loony economics, and .
. . Well, I could tell you, but it is better just to show you.
Here is Kunstler's Freakonomics...
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